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Violent Threat Clears Suburban Philly High School Again: District Violent Threat Clears Suburban Philly High School Again: District
Violent Threat Clears Suburban Philly High School Again: District For at least the fourth time this month, Coatesville Area High School in Chester County suspended classes Thursday, Oct. 27 after administrators received a violent threat.  In a statement on the Coasteville Area School District website, Superintendent Richard Dunlap Jr. said a user on the anonymous tip-sharing app Safe2Say warned of a shooting to take place between 7:10 and 7:30 a.m. "After immediately consulting with police and in following our safety protocols, buses were re-routed home and students who were already at school were sent home," Dunlap said.  The threat remain…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say 'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say
'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say A Coatesville Area High School senior student has been charged with making the threat that closed his on Monday, Oct. 17, while he was off campus, authorities announced.  An unnamed 17-year-old from Valley Township allegedly sent a message that read: "Someone has a boom bag full of glass bottles, THE GLASS BOTTLES ARE FULL OF GAS AND ALCOHOL AND a lot OF TISSUES he said he’s gonna light it off at 12," according to a statement from the Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. The threat prompted a large police presence was reported at the school and students were evacuated to the foot…

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by Mac Bullock
Schools
Large Police Presence Reported At Philly Area High School Large Police Presence Reported At Philly Area High School
Large Police Presence Reported At Philly Area High School A threat cleared Coatesville Area High School just before 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, officials said.  A large police presence was reported at the school in the early afternoon.  A Chester County official said authorities were responding to a threat directed at the school but declined to comment further.  Students were moved to the football stadium as authorities swept the building, the outlet said. The school canceled its homecoming football game on Oct. 7 after an online threat was deemed "credible" by law enforcement. The school was searched for weapons by police canine units on Thursda…

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by Mac Bullock
Schools
Violent Threats Place Chester County School On Lockdown Violent Threats Place Chester County School On Lockdown
Violent Threats Place Chester County School On Lockdown For the second time in as many weeks, Coatesville Area High School was the subject of violent threats on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13 and 14, authorities have announced.  In a release from the Chester County District Attorney's Office, officials said classes were suspended Friday after threats were made on the anonymous tip-sharing app Safe2Say.  The closure came just hours after police canine teams searched the school for weapons on Thursday, following up on a separate threat made on the same app. No weapons were recovered in the Thursday search, and students were dismissed. …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Woman Accused Of Bringing Knife To Coatesville Area High School Fight Woman Accused Of Bringing Knife To Coatesville Area High School Fight
Woman Accused Of Bringing Knife To Coatesville Area High School Fight A 42-year-old woman who police say brought a knife to a fight on a high school campus in Chester County has been arrested and charged. Shalynn R. Taylor orchestrated a fight between "a large group of adults and students" in the parking lot of the Coatesville Area High School around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, according to Caln Township police. Taylor apparently was one of "multiple aggressors" who fled the scene before police arrived, they said. At least five students sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Further details were not immediately known. Taylor, of Coatesvi…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Cause Of Death Released For West Catholic Prep Student Who Died On Football Field Cause Of Death Released For West Catholic Prep Student Who Died On Football Field
Cause Of Death Released For West Catholic Prep Student Who Died On Football Field The cause of death for a West Catholic Prep High School student who died during an outdoor scrimmage in July has been released, authorities said. Ivan J. Hicks, Jr, 16, of Philadelphia, died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, the Chester County Coroner's Office ruled Monday. The incoming junior also tested positive at the time of his death for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.  He had received his second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on July 7, six days before collapsing on the Coatesville Area High School football field on July 13, officials said. Of…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
West Catholic Prep Football Player Ivan Hicks Jr., 16, Collapses, Dies On Chester County Field West Catholic Prep Football Player Ivan Hicks Jr., 16, Collapses, Dies On Chester County Field
West Catholic Prep Football Player Ivan Hicks Jr., 16, Collapses, Dies On Chester County Field A Philadelphia high school football player died while warming up for a practice game at a high school in Chester County, officials said. West Catholic High School's Ivan Hicks Jr., 16, was preparing for a 7-on-7 scrimmage against the Coatesville Area High School Tuesday evening when he collapsed, according to school district officials and NBC Philadelphia. A West Catholic Prep High School football player collapsed at a scrimmage game and died Tuesday night. His grieving family identified him as 16-year-old Ivan Hicks. @MattPetrillo reportshttps://t.co/5zdL2dmJMs — CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly…

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by Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Coatsville Area High School Graduate, Julia Griest Dies, 21 Coatsville Area High School Graduate, Julia Griest Dies, 21
Coatsville Area High School Graduate, Julia Griest Dies, 21 Julia P. Griest of Coatsville died on May 12, 2021. She was 21-years-old. Griest graduated from Coatesville Area High School in 2017, and participated in local cheer competition teams, according to her obituary. She was remembered as someone who "loved competition cheer and softball." She worked as a receptionist at Gentle Dental in Thorndale up until her death, her obit reads. She is survived by her parents Jennifer Jo Hoskins and Ryan Everett Griest; siblings Ryan Griest of Narvon and Jessica Griest of Coatesville; a "significant other" Miguel Padilla of Coatesville; maternal grand…

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by Nicole Acosta